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BI S. J. KOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBItlTAEY 11, 1863.
VOL. 9.-NO. 24.
THE FALLEJT BRAVE.
He fell that glowing eye
In sudden night was quenched ;
Bat still the Flag he lifted high
.And onward bore to victory.
In bis dead hand waa clutched.
Be sark but o'er his head
The drooping ensign fell,
Af if its folds it fondiy spread
Above the forehead, pale and dead,
Of him who loved it well.
lie sleeps unlock that clasp !
The hero's work is done! "
Another hand that staff shall grasp,
And if need be, till life's last gasp,
Like him shall bear it on.
Me rerts the true and brave !
And whero his relics lie.
In holier beauty long shall ware
Fit canopy for freeman's grave.
God's starry flag on high.
He lives his deeds inspire
Xew strength for duty's strife ;
New myriads burn with nobler fire
Onward to press to mount up higher
And win the eternal life!
THE K TIMBER "SEVEJT."
The following curious compilation of occur
rences in which the figure 7 occurs will doubt
less be read with interest :
In six days creation was perfected, and the
seventh was set apart for rest. On the sev
enth day of the seventh month a holy observ
ance was ordained the children of Israel, who
fa&ted 7 days and remained 7 days in tents ;
the seventh day was directed to be a Sabbath
of rest for all things ; at the end of 7 times 7
years commenced the grand jubilee j every
seventh year the land lay fallow ; every sev
enth year there was a general release from all
debts, and all bondsmen were set free. From
this law may have originated the custom o
binding young men to 7 years' apprenticeship
and of punishing incorrigible offenders by
transportation lor 7, twice 7, or three times 7
years; every 7 years the law'was directed to
be read to the people ; Jacob served 7 years
fr the possession of Rachel, and also another
7 years; Noah had 7 days' warning of the
flood, and was commanded to take the fowls
of the air into the ark by sevens, and the clean
beasts by sevens; the ark tonched the ground
in the seventh month, and in 7 days a dove
was sent, and again in 7 days after. The 7
years of famine were foretold in Pharaoh's
dreams by tho 7 fat and the 7 lean beasts, and
tbe 7 ears of lull corn and the 7 ears of blasted
corn. The young animals wero to remain
: the dam 7 days, and at the close of the
iewnth day taken away. By the old law man
commanded to forgive his offending bro
ther times; but the meekness of the last re
vesled religion extended his humiliation to
ftvt-nty times 7. "If Cain shall be avenged
" io!J, truly Lamcch seventy times 7." In
the desfrncfion of Jericho 7 priests bore from
jets 7 days, and on the seventh day surround
td the wall 7 times, and after the seventh time
t! ? wall fell. Balaam prepared 7 bullocks
sn,1 7 ranis for the sacrifice ; La ban pursued
Jacob 7 days" j-nrney ; Job's friends sat with
l.;m7dajs and 7 nights, and offered 7 bul
locks and 7 rams in atonement for their wick-
less; Pavid, in bringing up the ark, offered
liiUi-cka and 7 rams; Elijah sent bis ser
vM 7 times to look for the clond ; ITeaekiah.
in cleaning the temple, offered 7 bullocks, 7
rams and 7 he-goats, as a sin-offering. The
children of Israel, when iTeiekiah took away
ti e strange altars, kept the feast of nnletv--ned
bread 7 days. King Abasuerus bad 7
cl.amlrlains,a 7 days' feast, and sent for the
queen on the seventh day ; and in the seventh
year or his reign she was taken to him. Queen
Esther bad 7 maids to attend her. Solomon
7 years building the temple, at the riedj
cation of which he felted 7 days j in the tab
ernacle were 7 lamps ; 7 days were appointed
.fr an atonement upon the altar, and the
priest's son was ordained to wear his father's
giraients7 days; the children of Israel ate
unleavened bread 7 days; Abraham gave 7
ewe Iambs to Abimelecb as a memorial for a
e!l; Joseph mourned 7 days for Jacob. The
rabbis say God employed tbe power of an
gering this number to perfect the greatness
of Samuel, his name answering the value of
'he letters in the Hebrew word which signify
whence Hannah, his mother, in her thanks,
ays "that the barren-had brought forth the
wventh." In the Scriptnres are enumerated
7 resurrections : tbe widow's son, by E lias;
the Sbnoauiite's son, by Elisha the soldier
who touched the bones of the prophet ; the
daughter ot the ruler of tbe synagogue; the
idow-i son ol Nain ; Lazarus ; and our bles
ed Lord. Out of Mary Magdalene were cast
" devils. The apostles chose 7 deacons. E
ooch, who was translated, was the seventh af
ier Adam, and Jesns Christ tbe seventy-seventh
in a direct line. Our Saviour spoke 7
.''Dies from the cross, on which he remained 7
tours; he appeared 7 times ; after 7 times 7
2js sent the Holy Ghost. In the Lord's
Prayer are 7 petitions, expressed in 7 times 7
wrdi, omitting those of a mere grammatical
connection. Within this number are con
tained all the mysteries of the Apocalypse re
galed to the 7 churches of Asia: there ap
T?ared 7 golden candlesticks, and 7 stars that
ere in tbe hand ot Him that was in the midst;
' !n:ri, being the 7 spirits of God; tbe book
'h 7 seals ; 7 kings ; 7 thunders ; 7 thousand
nam ; tne dragon with 7 heads ; and the
' o;:els bearing 7 vials of wrath. Tbe vision
cf Daniel 7 weeks. The fiery furnace was
aale 7 times hotter for. Sbadrach, Meshach
and Abednego ; Nebuchadnezzar ate grass off
the Held 7 years. The elders of Israel were
seventy. There are also numbered 7 heavens,
7 planets, 7 stars, 7 wise men, 7 champions of
Christendom, 7 notes in music, 7 primary co
lors, 7 deadly sins, 7 sacraments in the Ro
man Catholic Cbnrch. Tbe seventh son was
considered as endowed with pre-eminent wis
dom ; tbe seventh son of a seventh son is still
thought by sowe to possess tbe power of heal
mg diseases spontaneously, rertection is
likened to gold 7 times purified in the fire ;
and we yet say, "You frighten me out of my
7 senses." Anciently a child was not named
before 7 days, not being accounted fully to
have life before that periodical day. The
teeth spring oat in the seventh month, and
are renewed in tbe seventh year, when infan
cy is changed into childhood. At thrice 7
the faculties are develOpod, manhood com
mences, and we become legally competent to
all civil acts; at four times 7 a man is in full
possession of . his strength ; at five times 7 he
is fit for the business of tho world ; at six times
7 be becomes grave and wise, or never; at
seven times 7 be is in bis apogue, and from
that time he decays : At eight times 7 he is in
his climacteric, or year of danger ; at ten
times 7, or threescore years and ten, has by
the royal prophet been pronounced tbe natu
ral period of human life. There were 7 chiefs
before Thebes. The blood was to be sprink
led 7 times before the altar; Naaman was to
be dipped 7 times in Jordan ; Apnlcius speaks
of the dipping of the head 7 times for purifi
cation. In all solemn rites of purgation, ded
ication and consecration, the oil or water was
7 times sprinkled. The house of wisdom, in
Proverbs, had 7 pillars.
An old friend by our side reminds ns that
the war of Independence occupied 7 years,
and that Burgoyna surrendered to Gates in
1777 ; so that as Americans we have good rea
son to cherish the hallowed number.
The Importance o? One Mils. By conr
structing a canal about three-fourths of a mile
in length, from Big Stone Lake to Lake T ra
ver, steamboats from St. Paul could navigate
both tbe Minnesota river and the Red river of
tbe north to Lake Winnipeg, a distance of
aeven bnndred miles! .The country traversed
by these rivers is surpassingly fertile, and ca
pable of sustaining a dense population. Lake
Winnipeg is larger than Lake Ontario, and
receives the Sas-katch-a-wan river from the
wet. The Sas-katch-a-wan river is naviga
ble to a point (Edmonton House) near the
Rocky Mountains, seven hundred miles west
of Lake Winnipeg, and only one hundred and
fifty miles east of the celebrated gold dig
gings on Frazier river in British Columbia.
The digging of that one mild of canal would,
therefore, enable a steamboat at New Orleans
to pass into Lake Winnipeg, and from fhpnee
to Edmonton House, some five thousand
miles! A bill has been introduced into the
Senate, which mik-a provision for the build
ing of the canal. Probably in the world there
cannot be found a spot across which the digr
ging of so short a canal won Id effect a resnlt
so prodigious. And what is almost equally
remarsable, the ground between the two lakes
is so low and so level that it ic said the water
flows In times of freshets from one to the Qt her.
Washington's Views. When General La
fayette had made arrangements to emancipate
the slaves on an estate in one of tbe French
colonies, Washington wrote hiru, "Tbe be
nevolence of your heart, ray dear Marquis, is
so conspicions on all occasions, that I never
wonder at the fresh proof of it ; but your late
purchase of aij estate in the colony ol Cayenne
with a view of emancipating the slaves, is a
generous and noble proof of yonr humanity
Wonld to Qod a like spirit might diffuse itself
generally in the mind of the people of this
country." In a letter to Kooert Atoms, tie
says, "I hope it will not be conceived that it
is my wish to hold the unhappy people who
are the subject of this letter in slavery. I
can only say there is not a man living who
wishes more seriously than I do to see a plan
adopted for the abolitlton of it." In writing
to Gen. Mercer, he says, "It is among ray first
wishes to see 'some plan adopted by which
slavery in this country may be abolished by
law." He provided by his will for the eman
cipation of all tbe slaves he held in his own
right.
Father asd Pacghter. There is no pret
tier picture in Hie than that of a daughter
reading to her aged father. The old raan,while
listening to ber silvery notes, goes back to
other times, when another one sat by his side,
and whispered words be will never bear again,
nor does he wish to do so, for in the soft eve
ning light he sees her image reflected in ber
child ; and as one by one gentle emotions steal
over him. he veils bis face, and tbe daughter,
thinking him asleep, goes noiselessly in search
of other employment. Virgin innocence watch
ing over the cares and wants of old age, is a
spectacle fit for angels. It is one of tbe links J
between earth and heaven, and takes from the
face of tke hard and selfish world many of its
harshest features.
So certain did Fitz John Porter feel of ac
quittal that be bad, only tbe day before the
turn ot the verdict, applied to the Presfdept
for a leave of absence. When told that be
was dismissed from tbe service, he was pow
erfully effected as well as astounded.
BE TRUTHFUL ALWAYS.
Two country lads came at an early hour to
a market town, and arianging their little
stands, sat down to wait for customers. On
was furnished with fruits and vegetables of
the boy's own raising, and tbe other supplied
with clams and fish. The market hours pas
sed along, and each little merchant saw with
pleasure his store steadily decreasing, and an
equivalent in silver bits shining in bis money
cup. Tbe last melon lay on Harry's stand
when a gentleman came by, and placing his
hand npon it, said : "What a large melon ; 1
think I must have this for ray dinner. What
do you ask for it my boy j
"The melon is the last I have, sir; and
though it locks very fair, there is an unsound
spot on the other side," said the boy, turning
it over.
"So there is," said the man ; "I think I
will not take it." "But," he added, looking
into tbe boy's fine countenance, "i it very
business like to point out the defects of your
fruit to customers ?"
"It is belter than to be dishonest, sir," said
tbe boy modestly.
"You are right, my little fellow ; always re
member that principle and you will find favor
with God, and man also. You have nothing
else I wish for this morning, but I shall re
member your little stand in future."
"Are those clams fresh " he continued,
turning to Ben Wilson's stand. L '
"Its, sir; fresh this morning, I caught
them myself," was the reply ; and a purchase
being made, the gentleman went away.
"nenry, what a tool you were to show the
gentleman that spot on the melon. Now, you
can take it home for your pains, or throw it
away. How much wiser is be about those
clams that I-caught yesterday. Sold them
for the same price I did the fresh ones. He
would never have looked at the melon until
be had gone away."
"Ben, 1 wonld not tell a lie. or act one ei
ther, for twice what I have earned this morn
ing. Besides, I shall be better off in tbe end,
for I have gained a customer, and yon have
lost one."
And so it proved, for the next day the gen
tleman bought nearly all bis fruits and vege
tables of Harry, but never invested another
penny at the stand of his neighbor. Thus the
season passed ; the gentleman finding that be
could always get a good article of Harry, con
tinually patronized him, and sometimes talk-
ed with bim a few momenta about his future
hopes and prospects. To become a merchant
was bis ambition, and when the winter came
on, the gentleman wanted a boy, a boy that he
could trust for bis store, decided on giving
Harry the place. Steadily and surely be ad
vanced in the confidence of bis employer, nn
til, laving passed throngh the various grada
tions of clerkship, be became at length an
honored partner in the firm.
r As Astonished Dz.ki.ts. A dealer adver
tised eye-glasses, by the aid of which a person
could easily read tn jnest print. A well
dressed man called at the cocnter one day to
be fitted to a pair of spectacles. As be re
marsea that tie r.aa never worn any, some
were handed to him that magnified very little.
He could look hard through them npon the
book set before him, but declared he could
make out nothing. Another pair of stionger
power were saddled npon his nose, but unsuc
cessful as before. Further trials were made
until at length the almost discouraged dealer
passed to bim a pair which magnified more
than all t,he rest in his stock. The customer,
qnite as impatient as the merchant at having
to try so many, put on the last pair and glow
ered throngh them at the printed page with
all bis might.
"Can yon read that now ?" inquired the dea
ler, pretty certain that he had hit it right this
time, at any rate. .
"Sure, not a bit," was the reply.
"Can you read at all?" said tbe merchant,
unable to conceal his vexation any longer.
"Radeat all, is it?" cried the customer,
"there's not a single word among them that I
can identify the fatcres uv."
"I say, do you know how to read ?" exclaim
ed the dealer, impatiently.
"Out wid ye !" shouted the Irishman,throw
jng down thespectacles in a hug. "If I could
read, what 'ud I be after byin' a pair of spec
tacles for ? Ye cbate the pap la wid the idea
that yer glasses 'ud help 'em to rade print ai
sy ; but it's a big lie it is I Ah, ye blackguart,
ye thought I'd bay 'era without tryin' om f
A Prating Machine. In the Indian depart
ment of the great exhibjtipp is a red praying
wh,ee from Tbibit. Tbe prayer is written on
a piece of paper and fixed to the wheel, which
revolves on a spindle held in the band. The
idea of the worshipper is that every time the
wheel tnrns tbe prayer is made. Frequently
the wheel is fitted to be turned by a small
stream. In tbe mountains, of Thibit travelers
See considerable numbers of these praying
machines thus driven by water power.
An Irish waiter once complimented a sal
mon in the following manner; "faun, u a
pot two hours since that salmon was walking
round bis real estate with bis hands in bis
pockets, never dreaming what a pretty invita
sbun he'd bave tojineyou gentlemen at din
ner."
-VI .
EXPLOSION AT THE ABSE3AL.
At about half past two o'clock, on January
31st, an explosion took place in One of the
large store-bouses of the Washington arsenal
by which one man was killed outright and
several others severely injured two of whom
cannot possibly recover. It appears that a lot
of spherical case ammunition had been sent
to the Arsenal from the Army of the Potomac
they having been found useless, on acconntof
defective fuses, and a number of workmen
were engaged in removing the fuses prepara
tory to the insertion of new ones of a better
quality. To facilitate the work, two benches
had been put np about the centre of the build
mg, having holes cut in them in which the
am monition was placed, and the fusea were
then removed by wrench. One of the work
men, having worn the fuse on which he was
operating down so that the wrench would not
take hold, attempted to cat itont with a "cold
chisel," which, striking Ere ignited the fuse
and tbe shell exploded, and seven or eight
other shslls lying near-same being in. the
bands of the workmen can ght from it, and
exploded also, with a terrific crash, the pieoes
and balls flying in all directions. One man
was instantly killed, and three others so se
vereiy Injured that life is despaired of. Sev
eral others were in the building at the time
some of whom were sliphtly injured, but most
of them were at work the next morning. The
pieces of shell and balls flew in all directions
many of them going through the floor above,
and the force of the explosion lifted a portion
of the same floor. Tbe walls the end ones in
particular were thrown considerably out of
plumb ; a portion of the north gable end being
thrown down. Several of tbe doors were for
ced out, and every pane of glass in the build
ing broken. Preparations are being made to
put the building in order at once. The tow
packing and some of the boxes containing
ammunition took fire, but fortunately was
extinguished before tbe ammunition itself
caught. Colonel Ramsey, tbe commandant
of the post, was immediately on the ground,
and by his heroic conduct prevented a more
serious disaster. ' The ordnance men, work
menand volunteers, (Company F,27th Penn
sylvania) were also promptly at the building,
and rendered signal service in extinguishing
the fire. The building is known as Store
bouse .No. 2, and ia the large building just
south of the "Model Arsenal," in the north
end of the grounds, and at the time of the ex
plosion contained 36,500 rounds of field, 6,
500,000 do. of small-arm, and about 380,000
rounds of pistol ammunition, which, had it
exploded, would have shaken the whole city,
and probably killed several hundred people.
f.fEVEa rebellions. bmce tne organiza
tion of the' Federal government, eleven at
tempt? have been made to resist its authority.
The first was in 1782 a conspiracy ot some ol
tbe officers of the Federal army to consolidate
the thirteen States into one, and confer a su
preme power on Washington. The second in
1878, called Shay's insurrection in Jifassachu
setts. The third in 1754, called the Whiskey
insurrection of Pennsylvania. The fourth in
1814. by the Hartford Convention. The fifth
in 1820, on the qnestion of the admission of
Missouri into the Union. The sixth was a col
lision between tbe legislature of Georgia and
tne federal Government, in regard to the
lands given to the Creek Indians. The sev
enth was in 1839, with the Cherokees in Geor
gia. The eighth way the memorable nullifica
tion ordinance of South Carolina, 1832. The
ninth was In 1842, in Rhode Island, between
the Suffrage Association and the State au
thorities. The tenth was in 1856, on the part
of the Mormons, who resisted the Federal an
thorites in Utah. The eleventh is tbe present
attempt at secession.
"What a censorious liar !" exclaimed old
Mrs. Partington, as she read in & paper an ac
count of a new counterfeit which was said to
contain three women and a bast of Washing
ton on each end " What 1" said she, " Gene
ral Washington on a bust! 'tis not so!" and
the old lady lifted her specs and declared she
had "known the old gentleman for the last
thirty years, and she never beard of bis being
on a bust much less with three women."
Secesh'Females. It is said that tbe conduct
of the Secesh women at Suffolk, after the bat
tle near the Blackwater, is entitled to the se
verest censure. ' When our wounded soldiers
were bronght in they acted more like fiends
than mortals. Tbey jeered our suffering sol
diers, and in many ways showed tbey were
destitute of all womanly feelings.
We see it stated that a respectable German
family of eight persons, in Brooklyn, N. T.,
were poisoned last week by rye coffee, in which
the seeds of poisonous weeds growing among
the rye were roasted and ground with it.
The method most in repute among oar fore?
fathers for killing time was to kill each other;
and we are getting to be exceedingly like our
forefathers. . ... .... .
It is the ordinary war of the world to keeD
folly at the helm, and wit under tbe batches.
A pretty female artist , may draw tbe men e-
qually with a brush and a blush. .
Without tbe ' dter ladies, we should be but
jcrg-natioc. ' ' ' '
COIfGEESSIOlTAL PB0CEEDI1TGS.
In the U. S. Senate, on January 31st, the
joint resolution tendering tbe thanks of Con
gress to Commander Worden was passed. A
joint resolution was also reported, tendering
thanks to other naval officers, but with an
amendment limiting snch votes in the fnrnre
to those who shall command expeditions, or
be engaged on some special service. It was
passed. The bill to increase the salary of the
Chief Clerk of the Paymaster's Department
to $2,500 perannum was lost. The resolution
requesting the President to transmit to the
Senate the orders &c, regarding the exporta
tion of articles contrabands of war to Mexico,
for the use of the French, was adopted. The
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
was passed. Tbe Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial Appropriation bill was then-considered
until the adjournment. Is the Hocse, con
sideration of the Negro Soldier bill was resu
med, and the entire session was spent in dis
cussion. Is the U. S. Sesate on February 2d an at
tempt was made to get an official Committee
to search into the business of arresting persons
for disloyalty. It failed by a vote of 22 to 19.
The bill to help Missouri to abolish Slavery
waa reported back from the Judiciary Com
mittee, amended so as to appropriate $20,000,
000 in case the Emancipation law shall take ef
fect within twelve months. The Legislative
and Judicial Appropriation hill was passed, af
ter some amendments concerning sums for the
Agricultural Department. The House con
curred in the Senate's amendments to tbe ar
my Apporiation bill, with the exception of the
item of $5,000 for the survey of the Minneso
ta and Red River of the North. The House
also concurred in the Senate's amendment
to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill. The Senate bill amendatory of the bill
providing for the collection of direct taxes in
insurrectionary districts was passed. The
House resumed the consideration of tbe bill
authorizing the employment of colored sol
diers and sailors. The Honse first voted on
Mr. Maynard's motion to refer the bill and
pending amendments to the Committoe on
Military Affairs. Negatived 54 against 83.
Mr. Hickman's amendment was then voted
down. It authorized the President to raise as
many regiments, not exceeding 500, of Afri
can or colored persons ol tbe United States,
as in bis discretion he might consider necessa
ry, to be uniformed in some marked or special
manner, and equipped as be might direct. It
also provided for a line of steamers between
New-York and the Coast of Africa. Tbe final
vote was then taken, and the bill passed yeas
ed, nays 04.
Ophjios or the South. The Richmond
Whig ot the 10th inst., thns speaks of the
people of the North: "We have created
many errors in onr treatment to the Yankees
Not the least bas been in regarding them as
something better than they really are. Thev
are by nature menial, and fitted qnly for me
nial dntiea. They are in open and flagrant in
surrection against their natural lords and
masters, tbe gentlemen of the South. In tbe
exercise of their as3urped privileges, they de
port themselves with all the extravagant airs,
the insolence, the cruelty, tbe cowardice and
love of rapine, which has ever characterized
the revolt of slaves. The former leniency of
their masters only serves to aggravate tbe
ferocity of their natures. When they are
again reduced to subjection, and taught to
know their place, we must take care to put
such trammels about them that tbey will never
have an opportunity to play these tricks again
nosOR to Whom Honos is Drr. Byac-
klowledged official report the First Army
Corps of the Army of Virginia Gen. Fre
mont'snumbered some 11,500, which pass
ed under the command of General Pope. Tbe
rebels have always claimed that Fremont's
army was 30,000 strong, by way of excuse, we
suppose, for their rapid retreat np tLe Shen
andoah Valley and tbe burning of the last
bridge which saved Jackson from destruction
after the battle of Cross Keys. By Gen.
Pope's report we find that thia gallant body
of men, too small to be called a corps, fought
oftener and s well as any of our soldiers In
the battles beyond Washington. And yet
this brave little army, the heroes of Rich
Mountain, Franklin, Cross Keys and so many
bravely contested battles, bave been called
demoralized."
A Singular Incident. At the occasion of
a jury trial in Philadelphia a few days ago tbe
case was by agreement of counsel tried before
eleven jnrors instead of twelve, and it was giv
en to them under the charge of the court,
with permission to seal their verdict and
bring it in tbe next morning. After tbey bad
greed npon and signed tbeir verdict they sep
arated, bnt one of their number, later in tbe
day, was run over, at the Trenton Railroad
depot, and instantly killed. , When the re
maining ten jurors appeared in court tbe next
morning, and this fact became known, the
counsel in the case were notified of it, and,
witb tbeir consent, tbe verdict was rendered
by the ten jurors.
Col. I. Cook has reached Trenton, N, J.,
with over one bnndred thous&nd dollars from
tbe array, to be distributed to tbe families of
volunteers. . -
Tbe Blackwater Fight. The details ot
the fight near the Blackwater have been pub
lished. Gen Pryor crossed the Blackwater
on the night of tbe 28th, with three regiments
of rebel infantry, fonr detached battalions of
infantry, nine hundred cavalry, and fourteen
pieces of artillery. Tbe next night Gen. Cor
coran, under the orders ot Gen. Peck advan
ced bis troops to meet them. The rebels were
found ten miles from Suffolk, and a cannona
ding waa commenced which, after lasting
two hours and a half, canoed the enemy to
retreat. Gen. Corcoran advanced all his force.
His Infantry, with fixed bayonets, drove the
rebels nearly a mile; they leaving their killed
and wounded behind. Gen. Corcoran con.
tinned to follow them np, and the rebels took
another, position two miles from the first battle
field. Oar forces advanced cantionsty. On
nearing the position of the enemy they open
ed fire with cannon and musketry ; which waa
promptly replied to by onr men, who aucce
ded in driving the enemy from the field in
a short time. The enemy was chased eight
miles beyond tbe deserted house, and escaped
over the Blackwater. Our loss was 24 killed,
and 80 wounded. Tbe rebel loss is not given.
Armed Resistance, Indiana. From the
following dispatch, it seems that armed resis
tance to the arrest ot deserters from the army,
bas been inaugurated by a mob:
"Indianapolis, Feb. 2. The arrest of deser
ters from the United States army, in Morgan
county, being resisted, Colonel Carrington,
commanding tbe United States forces here,
sent a squadron of cavalry to that vicinity on
Saturday. They were met, and fired npon by
an armed mob. The cavalry charged upon
and dispersed the mob, and succeeded in
capturing the deserters and six of thecitizans
l)o aided them. No one was hurt on either
side. Considerable excitement prevails, In
Morgan and the adjoining counties, in conse
quence of this event." . .
Such sets are tbe results of the teachings of
Bright, Vallandigham He Co., who are always
denonncing the war as an "Abolition war."
etc..'. Loyal men everywhere shoald discour
age such lawlessness, and by every means in
their power uphold tbe Government in its ef
forts to put down this rebellion and establish
thj authority of the Constitution in all the
States.
Ixcidests. The following interesting inci
dents are said to bave occurred during the
battle near the Blackwater, Va. One of the
Pennsylvania conscripts "Involuntary vol
unteers" came out of the woods he had en
tered to avpid the rebel shot, with a borae
and three rebels ahead t him, and three reb
el muskets in his hands. A 13th Indiana sol
dier was tying his shoe in the woods, and
when he looked up two bayonets were point
ed at him. He went a little way with his
captors, watched his charjee, and seizing the
guns, brought both his custodians into camp.
The Stono .River Affair. It is said that
Navy Department has a dispatch announcing
that tbe gunboat 1. p. Smith had got aground
on Stono Inlet, and was captured by the ene
my. The rebel story of the disabling of the
Montank by their batteries, proves to be un
true. Capt. Wordon run the Montank under
the rebel guns for the purpose of trying ber
mail, and after four hours he withdrew without
the least injury to his vessel the rebel shot
having no more effect on fcer than so many bail
stones. , .
A Fight with Indians A dispatch from
Salt Lake City announces that on the 26th
January, Col. Conner bad a desperate battle
with the Indians on Bear river, Washington
Territory, 142 miles to the northward. He
killed 224, and many are supposed to be
drowned. He took 175 horses, and destroyed
their lodges, provisions, ect. Tbe fight lasted
four bonrs. Col. Conner's loss was 15 killed.
with four officers, and 38 men wounded.
A Yaltjable Prize. The British steamship
Princes Royal which was captured off Charles
ton by our Blockaders, bad on board 600 bar
rels of gunpowder, 2 Armstromg guns, a largo
lqt of machinery, 880 bales of sheet iron, 400
bales of tin, one steam bakery, 144 bales of
hardware, 95 cases of shoes, 229 bags of coffee
and other valuables. A Prty of English work
men skilled in the mannfatnre of projectiles,
were captured with tbe vessel. . .
The Fleet A dispatch from ' Moorbead
City, N. C, says that "the waters between
heraand Beaufort are black with Tesself of
all kinds, which are oply awaiting the abate
ment of the severe gale, which has been pre
vailing for five days, to take their departure,
The army is in splendid condition, and in
the v ery best spirits." We aoticapats exci
ting news from the Southern coast.
Claixs. Upwards of five hundred claims,
amounting to pearly six bnndred thousand
dollars, were paid at tbe Treasury daring last
week, nnder the Iste emancipation act. Up
wards of three hundred claims, amounting to
over fonr hnsdred thousand dollars, yet remain
to be paid. ; : ; ,
That is that which no one wishes to have,
and one wishes to lose ? . A bald head. ' ' '
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